Software-defined, cloud-based and virtualized: Louisiana's new data center does it all
statescoop | April 12, 2017
Alongside giant private-sector companies like Sysco, Liberty Mutual and McDonald's, they mentioned a humble government organization: the State of Louisiana. Gelsinger recalled how in 2014 the state formed its Office of Technology Services (OTS) to consolidate some 16 scattered IT shops, and as part of that restructuring, the office began virtualizing its infrastructure, a project that has grown to include VMware cloud on AWS. A central technology office with a staff of 850 became the technology coordinator for 32,000 employees across the state's executive branch.